![]() Crime families have layers that would do a Bond villain proud. Wick world hotels are entirely made up of grand public spaces. MONDELLO: Wick lives in a world where discos don't just have waterfalls, they are waterfalls, the better to wash away blood from mayhem with axes. SKARSGARD: (As Marquis) You come here thinking there is a way out of this world for you, Mr. But for more important meetings, he also has private access to the Paris Opera and the Louvre. Played by a louche Bill Skarsgard has an office in Manhattan grand enough to be an airport terminal. One villain.īILL SKARSGARD: (As Marquis) Marquis de Gramont. For this one, I'm struck by architecture. MONDELLO: Reviewing the earlier "Wick" films, I've talked about ballet. What's not to like? Normally, I'd say the carnage, but in the "John Wick" series, when something wicked this way comes, it comes like dance, like mime, like movement so curated and elegant, it barely even registers as unsettling. ![]() KEANU REEVES: (As John Wick) I'm going to need a gun.īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Carnage and Keanu. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4") "Chapter 4" clocks in at close to three hours of globetrotting, gunshot-riddled mayhem, and critic Bob Mondello does not sound at all unhappy about that. ![]() And with each new installment, the films got more elaborate. The "John Wick" movies started with a simple premise, just Keanu Reeves as a retired hitman trying to avenge the death of his wife and dog. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |